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10 Cards in this Set
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What proof does Mill provide that humans desire nothing but happiness and how does it relate to the criterion of morality?
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-Self-consciousness and abservations of others tells us that human nature is so constiuted as to desire nothing which is not either a part of happiness or a means of happiness, thus it must be the criterion of morality
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For Mill, "will" is the active phenomenon and "desire" is the passive sensibility.
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True
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Mill argues that, because we first have a desire we will/choose a particular aciton; however, because our will/choosing is amenable to habit we then may will/choose from habit what we no longer desire for itself; lastly, because we are willing/choosing by habit we may then desire it simply because we are willing/choosing it
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True
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What three ways can habit be exercised according to Mill?
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-Unconsciously, consciously in opposition to our preference, and consciously in fulfillment of our preferences.
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Mill states that the virtuous will acts without any thought of either pleasure or pain. How does one implant or awaken this will to be virtuous?
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-by making the person think of virtue as pleasurable
-by making the person think of the absence of virue as painful |
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Why does Mill believe that it is so important that virtuous acitons become habitual?
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ALL
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Mill argues that virtue is the habitual will to do right without regard to the consequences, and this virtue is good ultimately, because of the positive consequences of people being virtuous.
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True
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Mill would never argue that a person ought to be virtuous without regard to the consequences as that would be a contradiction to utilitarinaism.
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False
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Mill held that ultimately, happiness is the only thing really desirable as an end, and all other things are only desirable as a means to that end.
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True
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Mill held that if happiness is the only thing really desirable as an end in itself, and if it is true that virtuous actions, which are ends in themselves, ultimately fulfill the utilitarian principle of utility, then he had fully "proven" the greatest happiness principle.
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True
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